Titles in Dictionaries for the Modern Musician: A Scarecrow Press Music
Series offer both the novice and the advanced artist key information
designed to convey the field of study and performance for a major
instrument or instrument class, as well as the workings of musicians in
areas from conducting to composing. Unlike other encyclopedic works,
contributions to this series focus primarily on the knowledge required
by the contemporary musical student or performer. Each dictionary covers
topics from instrument parts to playing technique, major works to key
figures. A must-have for any musician's personal library! Filling a
vital need in the rapidly changing and complex field of conducting, A
Dictionary for the Modern Conductor is a concise one-volume reference
tool that brings together for the first time information covering a
broad array of topics essential for today's conductor to know. Author
and conductor Emily Freeman Brown offers easy-to-read definitions of key
musical terms, translated foreign terms, examples of usage from
orchestral music and practical vocabulary in multiple languages. A
Dictionary for the Modern Conductor includes biographies of major
conductors and other individual important to the world of modern
conducting, emphasizing throughout their contributions to the progress
of the conducting professional; critical information on major
orchestras, significant ensembles, key institutions and organizations,
with a focus on the ways in which they preserve and advance today's
musical life; and practical entries covering baton and rehearsal
techniques, bowing terms, information about instruments, voice types and
much more. In a series of appendixes, A Dictionary for the Modern
Conductor also covers such topics as orchestral works that changed the
art and practice of conducting, a short historiography of conducting, a
comprehensive bibliography, a look at conducting recitative, and a list
of pitches, interval names, rhythmic terms, orchestral and percussion
instrument names, and finally translations of all of these categories of
information into French, German, Italian, and Spanish. A Dictionary for
the Modern Conductor will appeal to aspiring conductors and seasoned
professionals. It is an invaluable resource.
